The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002. Summarise the information by selecting a reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The chart below shows the total number of minutes (in billions) of telephone calls in the UK, divided into three categories, from 1995-2002.

Summarise the information by selecting a reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
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bar graph provides the
minutes
of telephone calls of three different types in the UK between 1995 and 2002. From the bar chart,
it is clear that
the
number
of local fixed line calls fluctuated, meanwhile, both numbers of national and international fixed line calls and calls on mobiles showed an upward trend. Between 1995 and 1999, the
number
of local fixed line calls grew steadily and reached its peak at 90 billion
minutes
,
however
, for the following three years, the
number
dropped to the same low point as 1995 about 72 billion
minutes
.
On the contrary
, two other categories rose annually. The
number
of national and international fixed-line calls climbed slowly and stably, it grew by about three to four
billions
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minutes
on average every year. For
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mobile calls, as is shown, the
number
rose gradually and rocketed from1999 to 2002, the
number
rose by over 5 billion
minutes
year by year.
Overall
, it can be seen from the bar chart that the way people used to call had changed slowly over the period. The tendency to use mobiles and calls on national and international fixed-line increased. Local fixed-line calls were popular over the whole period but had a downward trend compared to the other two categories.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words minutes, number with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slowly" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • total number of minutes
  • telephone calls
  • categories
  • local – fixed line
  • national and international – fixed line
  • mobiles
  • general trend
  • yearly totals
  • significant changes
  • milestones
  • data
  • rise significantly
  • decline
  • steady increase
  • fluctuate
  • peak
  • exponential growth
  • over the period
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